The seasons are changing, pandemic restrictions are loosening and there is possibility on the horizon. So what are we going to do now? My newly vaccinated mother just had her first glorious grocery shopping trip in over a year. I’m hoping in a few months I will be able to Read more…
The almost-but-not-quite feeling of the earth preparing for spring is tantalizing. Are you noticing it? We can all sense that there is a light at the end of the tunnel – Spring! Vaccines! – but it is not here yet. The waiting can feel so frustrating. This can also be Read more…
This is my current paradox – perhaps you feel it too? I’m needing vast amounts of rest and I am also growing by leaps and bounds. Sometimes these two impulses feel at cross purposes. It’s very strange to be napping when there is so much to do. Some days I Read more…
Time for a beauty break! Every week I bring water blessed by the Healing Waters Qigong practice group to Lake Hiawatha. As I pause on the shore of the lake my senses come alive. I have felt awed so many times. Most weeks I remember to take a picture and Read more…
I have a confession to make. I
am one of those crazy people who thought the pandemic was going to give me time to write. It’s been a month and I now see my folly. In fact, ordinary life seems to be requiring a lot more energy than usual.
Everyday I have at least one moment when I am inspired by the aliveness around me, the creativity and love that gives life beauty and hope. Everyday I also see so many of my family and friends struggling, and I hesitate to pick up the newspaper because there are so Read more…
I prefer creative chaos to senseless chaos. But it can be hard to tell the difference between the two! Our creative perception, the ability to perceive the creative force unfolding so that we can align ourselves with it, makes all the difference. Wisdom teachers from around the world have spent Read more…
I really don’t like being told I should panic. I’ve spent the last twenty years learning how to calm my panic about wars and ecological catastrophy. My body isn’t built to sustain chronic panic. Does anyone make their best decisions when panicked? I confess that I feel really challenged by Read more…
I also am embracing my slow, icy puddle spring walks as training sessions for moving through chaotic times of transition. Here is what I’m learning.
Back to School is in the air. Summer always goes too quickly but I’m honestly happy to be returning to the school routine. Even before I had a child every fall I felt the back to school spirit. After all the excitement of summer its time to get down to Read more…